The 2017 CMT Music Awards are over and delivered an amazing night of entertainment with Keith Urban emerging as the big winner of the night...
The 2017 CMT Music Awards are over and delivered an amazing night of entertainment. Keith Urban was a top nominee going into the awards and he cleaned house including winning video of the year, for “Blue Ain’t Your Color” and several more awards. Check out the complete list of winners below.
CMT Music Awards 2017 Video of the Year
Best video of the year. Awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration) and the video director. Final nominees announced during live telecast, with final voting held online at CMT.com during the show.
Winner: Keith Urban Blue Ain’t Your Color
Nominees for Video of the Year included:
Forever Country
Brad Paisley, “Today”
Brett Eldredge, “Wanna Be That Song”
Carrie Underwood, “Church Bells”
Cole Swindell, “Middle of a Memory”
Dierks Bentley and Elle King, “Different for Girls”
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Jon Pardi, “Dirt on My Boots”
Winner: Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Kelsea Ballerini, “Peter Pan”
Little Big Town, “Better Man”
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day”
Miranda Lambert, “Vice”
Thomas Rhett, “Star of the Show”
CMT Music Awards 2017: Male Video of the Year
The winner of male video of the year was also Keith Urban with Blue Ain’t Your Color. The nominee list included:
Eric Church, “Record Year”
Jason Aldean, “Lights Come On”
Winner: Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Luke Bryan, “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day”
Thomas Rhett, “Star of the Show”
CMT Music Awards: Female Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood won “Female Video of the Year with “Church Bells”.
The other nominees for female Video of the year included:
Kelsea Ballerini, “Peter Pan”
Lauren Alaina, “Road Less Traveled”
Maren Morris, “80s Mercedes”
Miranda Lambert, “Vice”
Reba McEntire, “Back to God”
Duo Video of the Year
Florida Georgia Line won Duo Video of the Year with “H.O.L.Y.”.
Other nominees for Duo Video of the year included:
Big & Rich featuring Tim McGraw with “Lovin’ Lately”
Brothers Osborne, “21 Summer”
Dan + Shay, “How Not To”
LoCash, “I Know Somebody”
Group Video of the Year
Little Big Town won Group Video of the Year with “Better Man”.
Other nominees included:
Eli Young Band, “Saltwater Gospel”
Lady Antebellum, “You Look Good”
Midland, “Drinkin’ Problem”
Old Dominion, “Song for Another Time”
Breakthrough Video of the Year
Lauren Alaina won Breakthrough Video of the Year award with “Road Less Traveled”.
Other nominees for Break Through Video included:
Brett Young, “In Case You Didn’t Know”
Jon Pardi, “Dirt on My Boots”
Kane Brown, “Used to Love You Sober”
Luke Combs, “Hurricane”
RaeLynn, “Love Triangle”
Collaborative Video of the Year
Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood won Collaborative Video of the Year with “The Fighter”.
Other nominees for Collaborative video included:
Artists of Then, Now and Forever, “Forever Country”
Chris Young featuring Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”
Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King, “Different for Girls”
Florida Georgia Line featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Kenny Chesney with P!nk, “Setting the World on Fire”
CMT Performance of the Year
Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan won CMT Performance of the Year with “Want to Want Me” (From CMT Crossroads)
Other Nominees for CMT Performance of the Year included:
Jason Aldean, “Hicktown” (From CMT Concert of the Summer)
John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker, “Pink Houses” (From CMT Crossroads)
Alicia Keys and Maren Morris, “80s Mercedes” (From CMT Crossroads)
Meghan Trainor, Jill Scott and Kelsea Ballerini, “You’re Still The One/Any Man of Mine/Man I Feel Like A Woman” (from CMT Artists of the Year)
Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett, Close (From CMT Crossroads)
Social Superstar of the Year
This award goes to most creative and engaging social media posts by an artist and was also won by Keith Urban. Other nominees for Social Superstar included:
Brett Eldredge
Jake Owen
Kelsea Ballerini
Lauren Alaina
Thomas Rhett
Keith Urban certainly had a magical night and congratulations to all of the Country Music star winners.